Garment.



Patented Sept. 3, l90l.

' No. 68l,95.5.

J. a. s. on.

GARMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 23, 1901.?

(No Model.)

INVENTOR i -Q1 $3M WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

Y JAMES G. S. DEY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,955, dated September 3, 1901. Application filed April 23, 1901. Serial No. 57,091. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. S. DEY, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, ofwhich the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a single combination-shirt which when worn with the coat removed will conceal from view the braces or suspenders by which the trousers are supported, thereby providing an acceptable garment of the so called shirt- 'waist variety. I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aview of my combination-shirt as a whole, and Fig. 2 is a section taken through the neckband and across one of the shoulders thereof as on line a; w of Fig. 1.

A is the main body portion of ordinary con struction, plain on all sides, without bosom, having sleeves B B, neckband O, and a slit or opening for convenience in putting on, (indicated in dotted lines at a, Fig. 1.) Slipped over this main shirt A is a supplementary waist or sleeveless blouse D, which is attached, as by stitching, to the main body portion A at the neckband O and at the armhole-seams E, the points of attachment being indicated by dotted lines at these two places and clearly shown in the sectional view of Fig. 2.

It will be readily apparent that in use the straps of the suspenders worn may be passed over the main body portion of the shirt and between said main body portion and outer blouse portion, as in the space indicated at F on Fig. 2, thereby concealing the said suspenders from view. It is intended that the outer blouse should be long enough to be pulled down over the waist-line of the trousers, entirely concealing the ends of the suspenders and buttons from View.

It is obvious that the neckband maybe made in the shape shown or in that of an ordinary collar, as desired.

It will be obvious that the length of the main body portion A is immaterial. It could be made of the same length as the outer blouse or could be cut away, so as to be somewhat shorter than said blouse, as the essential feature of my invention would be still retained in a construction that showed an under body portion of whatever length and an outer blouse portion enveloping said body portion, with spaces between the two for the Suspender-straps.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A combination-garment having a main body portion, sleeves B, neckband O, and an outer supplementary blouse portion D completely enveloping the upper end of said body portion and connected to said body portion at the neckband-seam and at the armhole-seams thereof, whereby the Suspender-straps may pass between said body portion and blouse portion and be concealed thereby.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES G. S. DEY.

Witnesses:

O. E. MCDONALD, W. J. MCDONALD. 

